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25 or almost 26 at the latest if everything goes ok thru my 24-30 mnth sentence

Thanks! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't an oddball with this or something

The end of my wire in my top right molar band has a lot of "play" in it. I can move it in all directions, but it's not come out of the band or anything yet. I had wondered if it had moved around or something, but there's no extra wire on the left side :? None of the other ends in the bands...

Spacers were the worst for me also :evil: ! Hang in there hun, once they are out and your braces are put on you don't have to worry about it. While getting used to the braces is another learning experience, trust me, they are in no comparison to the spacers! It was a relief for me to get my braces o...

My top 4 spacers were torture for the 3.5-4 wks they were in (that's how tight I was in there!). I couldn't even chew soft food with those :shock: . I was pleasantly surprised when I got my bottom 4 spacers on 11-9-06 that the only pain I experienced was a little pressure on the right side that nigh...

Day two: SOMEBODY KILL ME. This was my exact expression on day two...Then it made it even better when I realized I had done this to myself willingly 8) Take heart NinjaNoodles, it does get better in a few days! Just keep up with salt water rinses, the ibprofen (or your preference) handy, and I'd sa...

Meryaten and KK, ya'll aren't alone in those incidences! lol My best friend while in Junior High put hers in a case while we ate at lunch. Well, I actually lost count at how many times that we and the lunch attendant put on the gloves and went fishing in the large trash bins in our cafeteria for the...

Yeah, that's how mine feel anyway. I can't bite into anything yet either. When I had my bands put on a week ago, my ortho took my other wire off to replace it with a new one. I got up to go brush my teeth and it felt like my teeth were going to fall out of my head they were so loose :shock: . That i...

Hmm... I've read where some have got them at the same time as pics, but them some have got them the day of being braced. I had my molds done when they did my pics and xrays. I wonder if it just depends on ortho?

Why would you do that?? They obviously dont care that you have braces, and you shouldnt either! You shouldnt change your life because of braces, I say go for it!! If someone is too shallow that they wont date you because you have braces, then you are better off without them anyway! My thoughts exac...

I'll use the my "October Colors" as my first pic of the hardware

I have 4 bands, one on each molar on the the top. I'll have 4 more bands when I get my bottom braces on each molar there and I had all my wisdom teeth removed 4 years ago so I know where you're coming from WhiteLurcher! I'm completely wired on top and will be on bottom!

Totally Awesome ShinySmile!! That is so d**n good movement you got going on there! WOW!

Yes, I agree! You have beautiful teeth !! And I highly doubt if anyone else that has not been "braced" is going to notice the same things that we do when we look at them. Hope your disappointment eases...I love your smile!

I'm only a few days behind you Matty_Oz and like you I can't see any changes myself. However when I went to have my molar bands put on top my ortho told me my bite had improved so much that she's going to put my bottom braces on about 3 months early! So, even though it wasn't something I saw, I had ...